Student Information
Graduate Student
Civil, Environmental and Sustainable Engineering
Ira A Fulton Engineering
Long Bio
As a Ph.D. student and graduate research associate who is passionate to do urban resilience and sustainable projects, her research focuses on ways to make cities more resilient regarding the social and environmental indicators against natural disasters (extreme heat and earthquakes) while also making the cities more sustainable. She focuses on urban resilience concepts, planning strategies, and guidelines for urban areas in a changing climate with an emphasis on heat, and urban environment policy in various cities. Negar uses qualitative and quantitative methods in her research for spatial analysis and works with ArcGIS and the relevant heat temperature programs. She has a Master's degree in Urban Design and a Bachelor's in Urban Engineering.
Education
Ph.D. Student in Civil, Environmental and Sustainable Engineering at Arizona State University
Research Interests
Urban resilience; Vulnerable Community; Urban housing; Sustainability; Natural disaster; Heat mitigation and analysis; Landscape design; GIS
Research Group
Under Dr. Zhihua Wang's supervision in Urban Environment Research Group.
Publications
Rahmatollahi.N, Cheng. C, Praharaj. S (2023). Climate justice in community design: investigating alternative metrics of economic vulnerability to extreme heat in Metro Phoenix, Arizona; CELA Conference, San Antonio, Texas;
Research Activity
Knowledge Exchange for Resilience (KER) and YouthMappers from 2022. Since 2023 I have joined the Urban Environment research group under Dr. Wang's supervision.